
The philosopher, paleontologist, and priest Teilhard de Chardin had a vision that seeped well beyond the confines of his religion and role. How could he test these ideas when he was silenced his entire life by his church? Teilhard shared his deepest thoughts with the one person who could keep his ideas in confidence and meet his brilliance with her own, his cousin Marguerite Teilhard-Chambon. Marguerite was an associate professor, student of Henri Bergson, and life-long thinking partner with her cousin. Their letters, now published, are remarkable in their evolutionary vision of a human soul reaching for greater and greater divinity. A Zest for Life molds passages into mystical poems and illuminates them through inspirational essays by author and educator Amy Edelstein.